Primary School Pedagogy and a Foreign Language

Modes of study / Info Pack

  • Regular - 8 semesters

Accreditation

The accreditation of this program is until 2025 .

Education

The education is performed by Faculty of Pedagogy.

Annotation

The specialty «Primary School Pedagogy and Foreign Language» is aimed at training and qualification of teachers in the initial stage of the basic educational level according to the existing needs for professionals with the necessary knowledge, skills and competencies that make up the overall structure of professional pedagogical competence. The specialty "Primary Education and Foreign Language" meets modern requirements and expectations of the public about the complex activities related to training, education, socialization and development of students in the primary grades. The developed training documentation of the program is in line with the latest trends in the content and procedural and technological improvement of primary education, taking into account the international experience and the preservation of national traditions and achievements in education and upbringing of the modern student.

Specialty training studies last for 4 years (8 semesters). The structure of the curriculum includes compulsory, elective and optional subjects /facultative disciplines/. The compulsory subjects provide the basic building taught courses to prepare students and is related to acquiring knowledge from different fields of scientific knowledge (pedagogy, psychology, philosophy, sociology, linguistics). Important place in the overall preparation in the specialty take didactic and special methodical problems.

Elective courses enable the taught courses and specialized training in the specialty to be expanded and upgraded. Optional courses /Facultative disciplines/ provide opportunities to enrich the knowledge, skills and competencies of students depending on the focus of their interests.

Students who successfully complete their training in the specialty "Primary Education and Foreign Language" by degree "Bachelor" acquire professional qualification "teacher, primary school teacher and primary foreign language teacher." They are prepared to implement professional learning and educational activities at the initial stage of the basic education level of general educational, specialized and profiled schools and as well as to implement the appropriate foreign language training.

Completed Bachelor degree on specialty  "Primary Education and Foreign Language" have the following career opportunity: primary school teacher, foreign language teacher in the initial stage of the basic education level, teacher-educator in primary school; educator in school institutions for children; teaching foreign language in extracurricular activities; teacher in schools working with children; teaching foreign language in the public education system's service units; an expert consultant in various institutions involved in the problems of children of primary school age.

Graduate Bachelor "teacher, primary school teacher and primary foreign language teacher" have opportunity to specialize in various forms of postgraduate and extended education, continuing education in degree "Master".